[eluser]paulopmx[/eluser] Small Update...then again maybe not
I will soon be releasing a new update to Flexigrid, some might be shock but it will be sort of a rewrite, which means some of the API might change. The goal of this rewrite is threefold.
1. New CSS framework. The current CSS dies when it is mixed with some other CSS, for example using Flexigrid in a Drupal website will cause Flexigrid to look out of whacked :-(. The new CSS will be super protected so as not to inherit unnecessary styling from other CSS layouts. I will also make it possible to apply different styles on different grids but on the same page.
2. Following the jQuery UI API format. Currently I'm not even sure if Flexigrid is still in the running to becoming the official grid for jQuery UI (long story), but I think their way is better and I'd like to adapt some of their practices as to make it easy for me to transition Flexigrid if it happens.
3. Better extensibility. Right now I'm glad and overwhelmed by the number of guys wishing to contribute code for this project, the problem is that its not always consistent with what I envision for the plugin, which I wish to remain lightweight. That means I had to reject a lot of contributions that are probably useful for someone but not everyone.
So my solution is to open an API that will allow a developer to replace any methods, without actually hacking my code. What does this mean? This means, if you have a code for a better paging system, a better handling of JSON object, fine. You can write a function that will overwrite parts of Flexigrid without hacking the it. And other users can just connect your code to Flexigrid and BAM! Everybody happy :-)
